Health Care: A Right Or a Privilege?

Health Care: A Right Or a Privilege?
ISBN-10
0761445390
ISBN-13
9780761445395
Series
Health Care
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2010-01-15
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Author
Corinne J. Naden

Description

Addresses questions about health care in the United States, discussing who provides, pays for, and regulates health care, the problems of inefficiency and inequity, and related political issues, and looking at health care services around the world.

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